Bedstead



.I. BASILE.

BEDSTEAIL APPLICATION HLED MAR. 21,1921.

v Patented Sept. 20,1921.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH BASILE, OF NEW YORK N. Y., ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, OF ONE-HALF TO GREENIOINT METALLIC BED COMPANY, OF BROOK- LYN, NEW YORK, A FIRM COMPOSED OF DAVID FRANK, JOHN TROUNSTINE, AND WILLIAM: LIFS, AND ONE-HALF TO JOSEPH TURK MANUFACTURING 00., OF BRADLEY, ILLm'OIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

IBEDSTEAD.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept, 20, 1921,

Application filed March 21, 1921. Serial No. 453,947. i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH BASILE, a sub-- iect of the King of Italy, and a resident of New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bedsteads, of which the following is a specification. 1

The invention relates to improvements in metal bedsteads, and itvhas reference more particularly to the corner fastenings thereof or the means by which the main bed-frame or mattress section is detachably connected at its corners with the posts of the head and foot frames. The head and foot frames have tubular corner posts which are preferably square or rectangular in cross-section, and these posts are each equipped with two rigid slotted hook-members, one being adapt-v ed to receive the lower end of the vertical outer portion of the end rails of the main frame, and the other being ofi'set inwardly from the inner edge of the post and adapted to receive the vertical flange of the end rail adjacent to the vertical end portion of said rail. The end rails of the mainframe are connected by angle-iron side rails and receive the ends of the spring or metallic mattress, and said end rails are formed of angle iron and comprise a transverse rail portion and downwardly extending end portions, the lower ends of said end portions being supported in and held by the lower hook-members of the corner posts, and said rail portions having their vertical flange, inwardly from th said end portions, caught within and held bythe upper hook members secured to the corner posts.

My invention seeks to provide a very simple and durable three-piece bed construction and one in which the mattress supporting frame maybe very readily andsecurely connected with and separated from the head and foot frames of the bedstead. I

The invention will be fully understood from the detailed description hereinafter presented, reference being had to the accom-' panying drawings, in which: 1

Figure 1 is a vertical transverse sect on, partly broken away, through a three-piece bedstead constructed in accordance with and embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly broken away and partly in section on the dotted line of Fig. 3, of the same;

Fig. 3 is a' horizontal section, partly broken away and taken on the dotted line 33 of Fig. 2, of the same, and

Fig. 4 illustrates a portion of the corner post and a portion of the mattress supportmg frame ready to be assembled, the mattress supporting frame to be applied upon the hook corner. fastening'membe'rs shown as carried by the corner post.

In the drawings, 10 designates a head or foot frame, both being alike, having corner posts 11 and suitable connecting bars, as 12, as usual, said corner posts being tubular and preferably square in cross-section. Each cornerpost of the head and foot frames has secured to it an upper hook or fastening member 13 and a lower hook or fastening member 14, as illustrated in Fig. 4, said members 13, 14 each being formed of a plece of iron bent at a right angleto form a front section 15 and a plate base section 16. The front section 15 of the upper member 13 is formed with a verticaltransverse recess or'slot 17, and the front member 15 of the lower fastening. member 14 is formed with a transverse recess or slot 18, said slots corresponding with each other and being open at their upper ends. The plate members 16 of the corner fastenings 13, 14 are secured by spotwelding against the inner face of the corner-posts 11 of the head and foot frames, the spot welding being. indicated at 19. For the purpose of greater security and durability of construction -I apply within the tubular corner-posts and in line with the plate members 16 of thecorner fastenings, a vertical plate 20 and, by means of the spot welding secure'said plate,'post and plate nally of the'bedstead, and at each of said posts the member 15 of the upper corner fastening 13' is offset inwardly so as to extend inwardl beyond the post with wh ch t 1s rails. construction described concealed and said connected, as clearly represented in Figs. 1, 3 and 4, andthisinwardly offsetting of the engaging member of the upper corner fastening is for the purpose of securing important mechanicalefi'ects.

The spring or the mattress supporting member of the bedstead is composed of two angle-iron side rails 21 and two end frames 22 which are of angle iron shape in cross-section and composed of atransverse end rail 23 and vertical members 24 which are integral with and project downwardlyfromthe ends of the end rails 23. The vertical members "24 o'fthe end frames 22 are secured by rivetsf'25 to the side rails 21 and are connected also by inclined braces 26 with saidside rails, said braces 26 being riveted at 27 to the'inner face of'the side flange of-thevertical members 24 and thence being extended downwardly through slots 28 in the side railsz2l and secured by rivets 29 to the inner face of the vertical side flanges of said side The ends of the braces 26 are in'the braces serve to materially strengthen-the connectionof the end frames 22 to the side rails 21.

frames 22 receivethe usualhelic'als 30 of the metallic spring or mattress, as usual. My

Thehorizontalaflanges of the end inventiorrdoes not pertain to the helicals 30 .or to the character of spring mattress but to the end frames 22 an'dthe-cooperative means provided therefor and represented by the fastening members 13,- 1 1, secured to the corner posts. r V

1n assembling the head and foot'frames 1O and-mainbed or mattress carrying frame, the lower, endsof the end members 24 of the end'frames22 areinserted downwardly into the recesses 18 of the lower-corner fastening members 14; as shown, and the vertical flange of the'end frames-22 adjacent to the inner vertical edges of the end members 2 1 are inserted downwardly into the recesses 17 of the upper corner fastenings 18, whereby the mattress frame composed of theside rails 21 and end frames 22,'becomes supported at the lower ends of the members 2 1 of the end frames and at the ends of the transverse vertical 'fianges of said end frames adjacent to the vertical members 24;. The corner fastenings 13,14 are. each in one integral rigid piece and, arranged as described, rigidly support the mattress carrying frame and permit of the ready assembly of said frame'with the head and foot: frames. The construction of bed presented by me is one of great durability and capae b'le of ready construction, and the parts thereof maybe readily assembled and disassembled without undueeifort.

' I may call attention :to the fact that'in equipping the post with the hook members 135 14 ofthecharacterdescribed, there is no cutting away or'weakening of the post,-;but

instead the post is rendered more durable by the presence of thebar 20 andbasemembers 16 of the corner fastenings; Itis also.

obvious that the main bed framefor sprin carrying member becomes very securely supported by the hook members 13, 14:, the weight of'said member being equally divided between the members 13, 14, andsaid members, by reason of their hook formation,

affording very strong supportsand firmly holding the main bed member against lateral or endwise movement.

Vhat I claim as my inventionand desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

bedstead comprising head andfoot frames and a main mattress supporting frame consisting of side rails and end'rails having attheir ends downwardly extending members secured to said side -rails,,saidhead and'footframes having corner posts and upper and lower hook members securedto-said posts; the lower hook-members=beingslotted vertically to receive and support-the lower frames, a main mattress supporting frame consisting of angle-1ron,.s1de rails'and fend rails having at their ends downwardly extending members riveted to the ends ofsa'ld side rails and braces riveted to the inner faces ofthe'upper ends of said downwardly extending members andto the inner faces of said side rails, the upper flanges of said side rails being slotted-to admit the lower ends of said "braces, said head .and foot frames having corner posts and upper and lower hook members secured vto said posts,- the lower hook members being slotted vertically to receive and support the lowerends of said downwardlyextending membersof said end rails and said upper lhook ,mem-

bers being offset from the sides of the posts 7 and slotted to receive the end portions of said end rails adjacent to .the inner edges of said downwardly extending members thereof.

3. A bedstead comprising-head and foot frames and a main'mattress supporting 7 frame consisting of .side rails andend rails having at their ends downwa'rdlyextending members secured to saidside rails, said,head andfoot frames having corner .posts and upper and lower corner-fastening members secured to said posts. the lower fastening members being adapted-to receive and support the lower ends of said downwardly extending members of said end rails and :said upper fastening members being offset from e d s of-the postsiagd slotted to receive the end portions of said end rails adjacent to the inner edges of said downwardly extending members thereof.

4. A bedstead comprising head and foot frames and a main mattress supporting frame consisting of side rails and end rails having at their ends downwardly extending members secured to said side rails, said: head and foot frames having cornerposts and upper and lower members secured to said posts, the lower members being recessed to receive the lower ends of said downwardly extending members of said end rails and the upper members being offset from the sides of the posts and recessed to receive the end portions of said end rails adjacent to the inner edges of said downwardly extending members thereof.

Signed at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, this 18th day of March, A. D. 1921.

J OSEPH- BASILE. 

